Prince Charming letters and a changing heart
Clare receives a revealing love letter from Sprague Staunton ending their hoped marriage. She debates a wider path beyond domestic life, then confronts her true feelings as Sprague announces a sea trip and she impulsively confesses love, hoping for a future together.
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Prince Chiefig
London
Sprague Staunton
Toni
Iit
Londo
Tor Plana
Clarerove
Alfie Telit
Aolan the Rorrow
Hin
Sprague
Princy
Mother Vincent Heads Order of Sisters of Humanity
Ottumwa Iowa July 25 Mother Vincent formerly of Davenport has been chosen head mother by the Order of Sisters of Humanity of Iowa with headquarters in Ottumwa. The news lists various local incidents including a fatal accidental gun discharge near Sibley and multiple resignations in military posts.
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Mother Vincent
Ottumwa
Tae
Davenport
Order of Sisters of Humanity of Iowa
Self
Rabbit
Sibley
Peter Piscatos
This County
Piscatos
Pisgah
B. C. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Harry Suikth
Photographing Lightning with Box Camera Techniques
An expert amateur asserts the secret to protographing lightning lies in night exposure. Focus and compose toward the storm’s approach, use a box camera with no focus for 4 cycle models, hold the shutter open during the main flash, then develop for a night lightning image. Minor flashes may be ignored.
Floyd Monument Ruined by Lightning in Sioux City
Lightning struck the Floyd monument honoring Lewis and Clark explorer Sergeant Charles Floyd. Built in 1900 with $5,000 each from state and federal funds and $20,000 raised privately, the obelisk suffered apex damage and a large stone gouged from the side, triggering plans to seek congressional aid for full rebuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Floyd
Charles Floyd
Congress
Gray Hay Harvest Gains Momentum in Regional Report
The Gray area reports a strong hay harvest with plentiful yields. Local residents like Mrs. Sands improve, while many drive to Audubon, Ham, and nearby towns for business and social events. A harvest ball is planned for August 1, and J T Nedrow sold his farm to Fred Baumann for 4000 with residents hoping Nedrow stays nearby.
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Chris Sands
Henry Thomas
Andubon
Asmus Royken
H. A. Arnold
Ham
Rites
Rosy
Gray Gratt Linivelor
Kansas
Weecure Cours
Jessie Packard
Hie
Dhing
Lewis
Loreni Doline
UMA
Brame Moe
Horn Pier
Wellewi
Aluvet
Thie
Mea Sands
Rennett
Af Detterson
Collier
Mr. Gitlin
Audubon
Bert Lacy
Groteluschen & Forsbeck
Hogs Ag
Gray
Fred Ors
Ethel Andas
Howe
Maleon
Grayfield
Walter Andas
Sparks Baker
Gev. S. Gray
Chesterville
Texas
Charley Wilson
Charley
Tim Benson
East of Audubon
Ed. Rice
J.T. Nedrow
Fred Baumann
Missouri
Night Was Ner Terror and Coughs Haunting Town
Mrs Choy Applegate of Alexanderia Tod writes of nightly coughing and sleep loss due to consumption. After failing all other medicines, three bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery cured her and she gained 38 pounds. The product, claimed as a cure for coughs colds la grippe bronchitis and throat and lung troubles, is sold at Nick Dotting’s rag store with bottles offered free.
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Nick Dotting &O
Teaching Parrot Training and Language Milestones
The text explains parrot tuition methods including daily word exposure, gradual vocabulary expansion to three or four words, and forming short sentences. It notes males learn faster than females, often two weeks for half a sentence, with demonstrations to show meaning, such as asking for news or the time.
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Anaiter
Danville Race Riots Leave Dozens Hurt and Troops Deployed
In Danville Illinois on July 27 two people were killed and twenty two wounded as mobs clashed with state troops who cleared streets near the jail. The riot involved bayonet charges, burning, and a refugee from Evansville named Metcalf who was killed during a mob attempt to lynch Wilson. Four militia companies arrived from Springfield and patrolled the area while the commissary department struggled to get meals to soldiers amid hostile crowds.
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Danville
John D. Metcalf
Henry Gatterman
Negro Metcalf
John Devore
Adam Majgay
C. Mobaker
Edward Hart
A. Bwalag
Prad Luretiz
Luekabot
Ulere
Weetville
Wilson
Burgess
Springfield
Market House
Whitlock
Uwe Rall
Metcalf
Evansville
Colored Woman Lynched In Louisiana Poisoner of Girl
A mob hanged Jennie Ewer, accused poisoner of Ligue Dolan, a sixteen year old girl in Shreveport. She denied guilt but was identified by the Dolan household. After rope was placed, bullets were fired, ending the wild scene. The incident followed the poisoning death, sparking neighborhood outrage and a violent mob action.
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Louisiana
Shreveport
Jennie Ewer
Ligue Dolan
John Dolin
Jennie Stuer
Colin
Shy
Misa Dulany
Dolan
Local notes reflect town life and comings and goings
Ross Jestoninby visits with parents while Jim McKeigh plans new work after resigning his store post. Household matters at Boers home, Charley Hurt ill but not seriously. Peter Dunnick family cared for a sick infant. Northwestern construction trains mend bridges. Cattle from Stuarts ranch arrive. Fred Rula goes to Audubon. Elevators and mills described. weighty local business and labor activity visible as streets empty with workers called. Jessie May visits from Extra. John Weighton plans a lumber shed and yard work. Gray baseball team contests the locals. Joven hosts creamery party. Lou Boers fixes the Luwke elevator chutes. Chamberlain stools aid digestion and liver health promoted for sale by Nick Dofling, 1& Co.
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Jim McKeigh
Gunnel
Charley
Charley Hurt
Peter Dunnick
North Western
Stuarts Ranch
Fred Rula
Audubon
Taking Life Too Seriously in American Culture
Fragmented rhetoric questions whether modern life overemphasizes seriousness and notes universal sadness in daily interactions. The piece references cultural ideas by Roekin and Rookin, discussing grandparents and mothers amid cryptic, ungrammatical phrasing about social roles and happiness.
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Roekin
Cheyenna
sUfiteyipe
Hove Peewyll
Misdated recital and petty theft case from a public house
A fragmented court record describes a man accused of attempting to pass a bad coin to a public-house customer, offers a legend of his method to detect bad coins, and ends with the prisoner dismissed after a light courtroom laugh per the judge’s remark.
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Prince Charming
Mary Linton Lewis
T. C. McClure
Jececare
Worthington
Sue
Mr. Staunton
Murcingy
Tian
Woman
Tory
Prince Charing
Kunns
Clare
Nis
Catherine de” Medel
Versons
Csurtiers
Rink
Louis Nev
Louis Xev
Reyal
France
Iowa
Fort Bedge
Ernest Gates
Prank Freshel
Broneho
Cedar Falls
V. P. Howard
Muscuow
Rvs
Plekreckets
Chautauqua
Oluwde
Adolph Carlson
Hamboldt
Lockjaw
Carlson
Den
Transmississippi
Des Moines
Cumimba
jJond
Transmissionipps
Seattle
W. H. Calhoun
Marshalltown
A. D. Clarke
Algona
A.B. Johnson
Keokuk
John Adams
Duduque
Eugene Buttles
Burlington
J. M. Emery
J. M. Gow
Greenfield
M. E. Hunter
Dike
P. E. C. Lilly
Denison
G. J. Long
Manson
FP. B. Cole
Cummins
Iowa State Bankers’ Association
Illinois State Bankers
Rock Island
Con Jeressman Fowler
Hamlin
Illinois
Commissary
Yokohama
M. Pavion
Korea
Soon
Pueah
Miklov Hayashi
Ross
Jestoninby
Wasi
Wisingeen
Mr Duhingen
Jay Suildecker
Minx
Jessie May
Extra
Inman Sheretan
John Weighton
John Ninby
Weighton
Wis
Gico
Joven
Mainius Ueter
Tie Creamery
Sharon Creamery
Lou Boers
Luwke
Lou
Chamberlain
Nick Dofling
1& Co
Mia
Tweedel
Ted Ol
Spon
Coxefal
Yritable
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